Derek Dammann’s Potato Confit

Difficulty:
1/5

Ease of Preparation: Medium
Yield: 1-2 servings

 


 

Ingredients:

  • 12 small (baby) new potatoes, cleaned
  • 3 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 3 sprigs fresh thyme
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2 tablespoons (30 ml) kosher salt
  • 4 cups (950 ml) olive oil
  • 8 cups (2 L) chicken stock
  • 2 tablespoons (30 ml) red wine vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon (15 ml) grainy mustard
  • Black pepper to season

 


 

Method:

Preheat oven to 300 F (150 C).

In a casserole dish, add potatoes, garlic, thyme, bay leaf, and kosher salt; toss to combine.

Pour olive oil over the potato mixture, should be enough to cover the potatoes.

Cover the pan loosely with foil and bake for two hours or until the potatoes are tender enough to be pierced with a knife.

Let potatoes rest in the oil until they are at room temperature.

When cool, remove the potatoes from the oil mixture, and carefully peel the skin from the potatoes.

While the potatoes are cooling, reduce chicken stock by about 90% to a ‘glace’ consistency that coats the back of a spoon.

Add vinegar, mustard, salt, and pepper, to the chicken glace to create a marinade.

Add the peeled potatoes to the marinade.

Mix and cook for 2 minutes, then cover with tinfoil.

Preheat oven to 300 F (150 C).

Place the pan of marinated potatoes in the oven.

Bake the pan of potatoes for twenty minutes.

Remove from the oven, garnish with chives, and serve